WA1331 WebSphere Portal Server v5.1 Overview Training and Courseware

Quick Enroll

This course teaches the nature of the Portal technology and the primary motivations behind it. The course introduces IBM's WebSphere Portal Server family of products.

Objectives
	The main objective is to provide information on: What type of business problems can be solved by a Portal site. What are the out of the box features of WebSphere Portal.

What you will learn
	After taking the class, students will be able to better plan for a Portal site implementation and fully leverage the out of the box capacity of the WebSphere Portal product.

Audience
	End users, project managers, business analysts.

Prerequisites
	Basic knowledge of Web based application development and site management.

Duration
	Two days.

Course Outline

1. Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server
	Topics What is a Portal An Example of WebSphere Portal Sites WebSphere Portal Goals Benefits of Portal Sites WebSphere Portal Packaging WebSphere Portal Express WebSphere Portal Enable General Portal Architecture The Five Major Components of Horizontal Portals The Five Major Components of Horizontal Portals cont 1. Presentation services component WebSphere Portal Accessibility Page Aggregation Modules Portlet WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets Portlet Application Portlet Mode and State 2. User service component User service component continued Search Engine WebSphere Portlet Content Publishing (WPCP) Collaboration Portal Document Manager Productivity Components 3. Information Management Component 4. Portal Server Adapters Component 5. Web Infrastructure Component WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation 5.1.1 A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal WebSphere Portal Server WebSphere Portal Server Architecture Portal Container Portal Engine Architecture Application Portlet Builder Summary

2. Portal Page Hierarchy
	Topics Where does this service fit in? Elements of a Portal Site How a Portal Page is generated? Theme Screen The Home Screen Screen Skin Skin Page and Label Page/Label Hierarchy URL Putting it all together

3. Page Management
	Topics Where does this service fit in? Page Management To begin this process Create a Page or Label Page Properties that you can manipulate Page Properties Private Page Page Layout Adding Portlets to a Page Creating URL URL Link

4. Customizing the Look and Feel
	Topics Where does this service fit in? Customization Basics Customization Technique Theme Basics Creating a Theme Customizing the New Theme Creating a Skin Customizing a Skin Other customizations Some examples of moderately complex customizations Some examples of complex customizations

5. Web Clipping
	Topics Where does this service fit in? What is Web Clipping Creating a New Clip Advanced Options Advanced Options HTML Clipping

6. Cooperative Portlets
	Topics Where does this service fit in? Inter Portlet Communication Click-to-Action Example of Click-to-Action Business Benefits of C2A Basic Concepts Runtime Architecture of Click-to-Action Development Steps C2A JSP Tags C2A JSP Tags (cont.) Example of C2A Source JSP Example of C2A Source JSP - cont Example of Target Action Descriptor WSDL Example of Target Action Descriptor - cont Example of Target Action Descriptor - cont Example of C2A web.xml Example of C2A portlet.xml Example of a Target Portlet Scattering Wiring

7. Search Engine
	Topics Where does this service fit in? Key Features How does it work? Taxonomy and Categorization Summarization and Stemmer Support Search Engine Organization Creating Document Collection Managing a Collection Collection Status Adding Sites to a Collection Configuring Crawl Schedule Document Approval Search Portlet Using the Search Portlet Using The Search Portlet Lotus Discovery Server Portlets Search customizations Some examples of simple and medium-effort search customizations Some examples of complex search customizations

8. Security
	Topics Where does this service fit in? Key Concepts Authentication Portal User Registry Enabling Security with LDAP Single Sign On (SSO) Authorization How Does Authorization Work? Roles Role Membership More on Authorization Resources Common Access Rights Managing Users and Groups Setting Resource Permission

9. Business Portlets
	Where does this service fits in? Business Portlets Business Portlets World Clock Business Portlets - Reminder Business Portlets My Task Business Portlets - Bookmarks Business Portlets Business Portlets My ToDos Business Portlets Common Mail Business Portlets Common Calendar

10. Personalization
	Topics Where does this service fit in? What is Personalization Personalization Recommendation Engine LikeMinds Recommendation Engine Rules Engine Personalization Interface in Portal Server Personalization Interface in Portal Server - Features Customizing the personalization feature

Appendix A. Miscellaneous Topics
	How Does a Theme Work Theme at Work How Does a Skin Work Portlet Wrapper Class Enable C2A in Portlet Applications Enabling Security with Member Manager Database WebSphere Security Changes Security with LDAP Single sign-on The Member Manager Resource Permissions GUI Enabling SSL Credential Vault Credential Components of Credential Vault Structure of the Credential Vault Slot Scope Credential Access Level Single Sign-on Scenario Vault Administration Vault Administration

We regularly offer classes in these and other cities. Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Calgary, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Montreal, New York City, Orlando, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC.